Prof. Xiang Ji is a professor and doctoral supervisor at the College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Wenzhou University. He holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in science from Hangzhou Normal University, East China Normal University, and the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has conducted collaborative research at the University of Alicante (Spain), University of Oviedo (Spain), and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). He is engaged in research on animal evolutionary physiology, ecology, and conservation biology. He is the Director of the Advisory Committee of the Herpetology Branch of the Chinese Zoological Society, the Vice Chairman of the National Experts and Technologists Committee for the Turtle and Tortoise Industry, and a member of the Scientific Committee on Endangered Aquatic Wildlife Species of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. He is the Associate Editor of Current Zoology and Asian Herpetological Research, and a member of the editorial board of journals such as Current Zoology, Integrative Zoology, Zoological Research, Animals, and Chinese Journal of Zoology.